It seems that Hollywood is starting to catch on to what many viewers already know: Some of the best shows on TV are not on a network; they're streaming over your internet connection. Shows such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black from Netflix have been capturing people's imagination for years, although major awards have often eluded them. But in the first months of 2015, one announcement after another pointed toward a sort of streaming content renaissance.

Paragon Software Group, a technology solutions provider, announced the release of Merriam-Webster dictionaries for Windows Vista/XP/2000. This dictionary line consists of five explanatory and two bilingual dictionaries. Also included are Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. The dictionaries work under Merriam-Webster’s wordbases and the SlovoEd engine. Unknown words and phrases from Word or Excel documents, email, and web-pages may be defined and users can also listen to pronunciations, find etymologies describing word origins, and view grammar info.